SPME Petition to Free Haleh Esfandiari

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) has launched a petition drive demanding that Iranian authorities immediately release Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. She was imprisoned on May 10 at the infamous Evin Prison after being prevented from leaving Iran following a visit to her elderly mother.

In addition to demanding Esfandiari’s release, the petition demands that rogue Iranian president President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad “be individually held accountable for this egregious imprisonment in an international court of law for anything that might happen to Dr. Efandiari.”

You may sign the petition here. As of 10:30 am EDT today, SPME still needed about 4,400 signatures to meet their goal of 5,000.

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Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.